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It's 6 p.m. on June 10th, 1840. Two newlyweds enjoy the evening sun as their

open-moofed horse-drawn carriage moves through the streets of London, England.

The husband smiles at his wife and she cops her growing stomach.

She's four months pregnant with her first child.

But this isn't any ordinary love-struck couple.

This is Victoria, queen of England, and her husband, Prince Albert.

As the carriage nears Buckingham Palace, peaceful summer evening is broken by a gunshot.

But the sound barely phases Victoria.

She presumed someone is shooting birds and then nearby part.

But Albert sees something that Victoria does not.

He quickly grabs his wife's head and pushes her down.

She twists away trying to see what's unnerved her husband and spots a young man with a pistol

in each hand, one already smoking. The young man lifts the other pistol, pointing at straight

at Victoria and fires again. The driver cracks his whip and the carriage lurches forward.

As it speeds away from the scene, Victoria turns to see the shooter get tackled to the ground by

passers-by. A royal guard runs over, soar drawn and shouting instructions.

Before the queen can see anything further, the carriage turns a corner and the ruckus is out of sight.

Only then, as her shock wears off, does it dawn on Victoria that someone just tried to murder.

18-year-old Edward Oxford's attempt to kill the queen is the first time Victoria comes face-to-face

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